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Spreadsheets are still useful, but if you do a lot of work with numbers, you'll realize that they have limitations. Spreadsheets like Excel will make you click and drag through columns. If you have a ...

If you're a data scientist and need to analyze loads of CSV files for insights into, say, stock-price and market movements, the Julia programming language trumps machine-learning rivals Python and R, ...

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Statistical programming language R has climbed back up to 8th place in Tiobe's latest programming language popularity index, just behind JavaScript and up from 20th position last July. In May, when R ...

If you’re a beginner learning to code, Python (an interpretive programming language used to build websites and software, analyse data and automate tasks) could be a great place to start. Python’s ...

The tech world is growing rapidly, demanding more skilled programmers. Yet, coding is still an intimidating mountain to climb for many, with its complex jargon and seemingly impenetrable logic.